Question | Answer |
cable | A long, rubber-coated bundle of wires with plugs on either end that connects computer parts. |
CD-ROM | A round, shiny portable disk that stores large amounts of software and information. |
chat | A way people in different places can "talk" to each other by typing their words into a computer. |
computer | An electronic machine that 1) takes in data and instructions (input), 2) works with the data (processing), 3) puts out information (output) |
cursor | A blinking line or shape on the screen that tells you where the next character will go. |
e-mail | Stands for "electronic mail". It's a way of sending messages from one computer to another. You send a message to someone, with attachments such as photos or files, using a modem or network. |
browser | A software program that lets you explore the World Wide Web to find text, graphics, sound, movies, games, IM, and more. |
download | To get a file from someone else's computer, over a network, and save it on your own computer, device, flash drive, or in the cloud. |
icon | A tiny picture on the screen that represents a program, file, or folder. |
Internet | Millions of computers around the world connected to each other. |
URL | The address of a website on the World Wide Web. |
World Wide Web (WWW) | The part of the Internet that consists of pages (documents) linked to each other around the world. These pages have pictures, sounds, video and more. |
scanner | A device that "takes a picture" of something and turns it into a computerized image. |
network | A number of computers connected together to share information and hardware. |
monitor | The TV-like part of the computer that you look at to see information. |
peripheral | A hardware device that is connected to a computer, usually by a cable. |
printer | A device for producing text and images on paper. |
keyboard | A hardware device consisting of a number of buttons (keys) which the user presses to input characters to a computer. |
mouse | The device used to move an on-screen pointer that's normally shaped like an arrow. |
software | The programs that run on a computer. |
hardware | The parts of a computer system that you can touch, like keyboards, mice, printers, monitors, and storage devices flash drives or external hard drives. |
hard drive | A round, metal platter in the computer. It stores large amounts of information. |
dock | This is used to start applications and switch between applications. |
blog | An online journal, the name stands for web log. |
wiki | A Web site that allows users to add and update content on the site using their own Web browser. |
RSS | A way to subscribe to feeds from blogs, news, audio and video posts. |
bookmark | The process of saving a URL in your Web browser. Allows the user to return to a particular site or entry by making a record of it. |
GIF | Graphical Interchange Format is a commonly used graphics file format for image files on the Internet. |
home page | The main page of hypertext-based information for an indvidual or organization on the World Wide Web. |
login | The process of entering information related to an account name and its password in order to access a computer. |
netiquette | The unwritten "rules" of etiquette used on the Internet. |
password | Secret code of letters and numbers needed to gain access to a computer or to protect Web pages. |
search engine | A tool or program which allows keyword searching for relevant sites or information on the Internet |
upload | Transferring a file or files from the user's computer to a remote computer. |